Yeah, that's a consideration. I picked mine up as a fun range plinking rifle to "run-in" new brass and keep the round count down for my hunting 308. With hearing protection the muzzle break isn't a bother. It seems to make less of a ruckus than an unbraked 300 mag as heard through the ear plugs. A little less pressure and 30 or 40 grains less powder go a long way in that regard. Besides I had already decided that if it was obnoxious I'd have it bobbed.
